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祈願 (きがん, kigan) Japanese meaning: prayer | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation 祈願する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 祈き 願がん する 祈き 願がん しない Polite 祈き 願がん します 祈き 願がん しません Past polite 祈き 願がん しました 祈き 願がん しませんでした Past 祈き 願がん した 祈き 願がん しなかった Te-form 祈き 願がん して 祈き 願がん しないで Desire 祈き 願がん したい 祈き 願がん したくない Potential 祈き 願がん できる 祈き 願がん できない Passive 祈き 願がん される 祈き 願がん されない Causative 祈き 願がん させる 祈き 願がん させない Causative passive 祈き 願がん させられる 祈き 願がん させられない Volitional 祈き 願がん しよう Polite volitional 祈き 願がん しましょう Imperative 祈き 願がん しろ 祈き 願がん するな Conditional 祈き 願がん すれば 祈き 願がん しなければ Tara conditional 祈き 願がん したら 祈き 願がん しなかったら
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I prayed for success in the exam at the shrine.
A ceremony was held to pray for world peace.
Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 を 祈き 願がん する to pray/petition for something
I prayed for my family's health.
〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 で 祈き 願がん する to pray/petition at a place (shrine, temple, etc.)
I prayed for exam success at the shrine.
祈き 願がん を 捧ささ げる to offer up a prayer
He offered a prayer before the altar.
祈き 願がん が 叶かな う for a prayer/petition to be granted
Her prayer was answered, and she had a safe delivery.
Related words· 7 祈る is the general, everyday verb 'to pray', while 祈願 is a more formal noun/suru-verb for a specific, earnest petition to a deity.
願う means 'to wish' or 'to request' and can be used in secular contexts, while 祈願 always combines that wish with prayer directed at a divine power.
祈祷 refers to a formal religious ritual or rite performed (often by a priest) to pray, whereas 祈願 is the act or content of wishing/petitioning for a specific outcome.
祈念 is a more literary or ceremonial term for expressing a heartfelt wish or prayer, while 祈願 emphasizes formally petitioning a deity for a specific result.
Show 3 more 祈願 is a formal, often written term for a prayer or wish made to a deity, while お祈り is the everyday polite word used in speech.
祈願 is a more formal, often religious noun for praying toward a specific goal, whereas 祈り is the general everyday word for prayer.
祈願する is a formal, often ritual act of praying for a specific outcome, while 念じる can be a purely private, silent mental act without any ritual.
Etymology Compound of 祈 (prayer) and 願 (wish, request). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination naturally expresses a formal prayer or petition.
